'Lured,' Starring Lucille Ball, Boris Karloff, In New Haven

Douglas Sirk Drama About Serial Killer On The Loose

Lucille Ball is set up as bait for a serial killer in "Lured." In Douglas Sirk's 1947 thriller, Ball plays the friend of a British woman who has disappeared after placing an ad in a personals column. Her disappearance is connected to other disappearances of women looking for love in the papers. So police persuade Ball to place an ad, to lure the bad guy into the arms of the cops.

The movie, which also stars Boris Karloff, George Sanders, Charles Coburn and Cedric Hardwicke, will be shown Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 11 and 12, at 11:30 a.m. at Criterion Cinemas, 86 Temple St., New Haven, as part of its "Movies & Mimosas" series. Admission is $5. Mimosas are $3. Details: http://www.bowtiecinemas.com.